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Saturday, 4 January 2014

The Incredible Bowra Station

A thirsty Galah (Elophus roseicapilla) Photo: Ryan Pearson

By Ryan Pearson

Over New Years this year I had the pleasure of spending almost a week at Bowra Station (outside of Cunnamulla), a wildlife sanctuary run by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. This was my first ever trip into semi-arid Southwest QLD, and damn was I impressed.

Sure, we had to battle a heatwave with maximum temperatures well above 40°C every day (and one day hitting >47°C), but with such beautiful sunburnt country, and a plethora of native wildlife (particularly birds) around I couldn't have found it more enjoyable.

Here's a bit of a photo diary highlighting the beautiful critters and scenery I encountered. I for one, can't wait to go back!

2 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Hi Ryan,The unidentified bug is most probs a lacewing family Myrmeleontidae that has just emerged from it's larval stage and is yet to unfurl it's wings and take flight into this cruel and harsh world of ours...:-)As for genus and species, you're on your own (or at the least with DD, OK, you're on your own... :-P)but you may be able to key it out using head and mouthparts, or ID using it's unshaven legs. Cheers, Bob